For Sale: Very Rounds, reproduction, set of 12

[Russell Boaler]

PM sent, thanks

[Neil Ashley]

Post war cartidges were made out of metal. I have number but clearly they must expand on firing as they are just too tight to fit into the pistol.

[Robin Craig]

Bruce was kind enough to PM me but I have just been swamped recently.

I faced the same problem a while a number of years ago and used resin casting as the solution. My thought process was that I only needed to see the butt end inserted into a rack (for a CVRT) and therefore was happy with an incomplete round.

I used model paint to colour the brass end and a light beige for what bit of the body there was. I used children's Plasticine to take up the space and secure the rounds in the bore of the hole in the rack.

I thought I could lay my hands on the completed set but sadly I am wrong, yet again, maybe its an age thing.

My originals were un printed on the sides FYI.

I will want some again in the future and might go another route of CNC turning them in bass wood and painting them as we have done for some rounds we have made.

My thanks to Bruce for the offer.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Neil Ashley

Post war cartidges were made out of metal. I have number but clearly they must expand on firing as they are just too tight to fit into the pistol.

I have seen those post war metal body ones, but I also have photos of 1950 and 1960's dated brass and paper ones with the same maker stamps as the WW2 ones. These are 1-1/2"however. I recall seeing (old, unreliable memory perhaps?) post war paper ones. There is very (pardon the pun) little information out there on these.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I've sold my spare set and am making a few more to fill requests. Going forward I've bought spare material and will make sets on request if there is interest. Custom dates available.

[Robin Craig]

So I finally found the set that I had made. I cant find, yet, the original spent cartridge that the casting was done from and the colours were based on. The colours of the repros are exactly as per the original, and not the same as Bruce's which doesn't mean his or mine are wrong, they are different.

I didn't have time to fiddle around with the plasticine to make the rounds sit perfectly but you get the idea.Bear in mine, mine have been handled a few too may times and some of the paint has chipped.

Hope they illustrate the point

[universalgrl]

Bruce
This is what I have for flare equipment.
The 2 flares I have are for a WW 2 pilots survival vest.

[Rob Abbott]

Bruce sold me a set of cartridges to fill a gap in my collection.
They really are excellent
Rob